Collaboration, not competition the new mantra for publishers
Dipankar Mukherjee of independent publishing house Readomania said the size of their publishing house was a double-edged sword as on one end they could react faster but cash flow came under pressure sooner than the bigger houses. Written by Ruchika Goswamy | Pune | December 14, 2020 12:13:01 am
Alexandra Pringle of Bloomsbury UK said although the pandemic did not mess with publishing as they expected, many bookshops closed and a lot of publishers pooled their publications.
A leaner retail and distribution system, and distribution shifting online will define publishing post Covid, according to leading publishing houses and independent publishers. They were speaking at a session on the third day of the 8th Pune International Literature Festival themed, ‘Publishing in Post Covid Times’. The panel said that agility, innovativeness and better planning will be required in the post